diff --git a/project/common.mk b/project/common.mk
index 4b72987..ecf55c3 100644
--- a/project/common.mk
+++ b/project/common.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 API_SRCS = \
+	src/u16_mbsinit.c \
 
 INTERNAL_SRCS = \
 
diff --git a/src/u16_mbsinit.c b/src/u16_mbsinit.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7d9272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/u16_mbsinit.c
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*******************************************************************/
+/*  u16ports: u16 variants of wide character string functions.     */
+/*  Copyright (C) 2017  Z. Gilboa                                  */
+/*  Released under the Standard MIT License; see COPYING.U16PORTS. */
+/*******************************************************************/
+
+#include <wchar.h>
+#include <u16ports/u16ports.h>
+
+int u16_mbsinit(const mbstate_t * ps)
+{
+	return mbsinit(ps);
+}